Milking-stool



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W. M. MADDEN.

MILKING STOOL.

No. 417,929. Patented Dec. 24, 1889.

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MILKING STOOL. No. 417,929. Patented Dec. 24, 1889.

UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

lVHEEliER M. MADDEN, OF ST. GEORGE, MARYLAND.

MI LKING-STOOLf SPECIFICATION torming part of Letters Patent No. 417,929, dated December 24, 1889.

Application filed October 17, 1889. Serial No. 327,295- No modeh) To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WHEELER M. MADDEN, of St. George, Baltimore county, Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Milking-Stools, of which the following is a full and complete specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a stool which maybe placed under a kicking cow, and which will make it impossible for her to kick either the milk-bucket or the milker. The stool is so constructed that the milk-pail may be placed in it and then the stool picked up bya handle and stool and pail be carried together.

Figure l is an isometric view of my stool. Fig. 2 is a plan showing hinged shield. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing bucket in position to be carried in the stool. Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the stool with bucket on it and the stool in position beneath a cow.

A represents the seat of the stool, and a a the legs. I

a is a handle for carrying the stool, which is located at the end next the pail-stand.

B is the pail-stan d,which consists of a board attached to the legs of the stool beneath the seat and 10W enough toallow a milk-pail to be placed upon it under the seat. This board extends at one end I) a distance sufficient to give ample room for the pail beyond the stool. On the left side ofthe extension I) is erected a shield C, which I prefer to make inclined, so as to conform to the inclination of the cows legs, as shown in Fig. 4. If necessary, the shield C may be provided with a support a, by which it is stayed to the far side of the pailst-and b. Hinged to the back of the shield and holds the shield by the staple (1 C is the shield D,Which stands vertically and at right angles to the stool. The shield D is maintained in position by the hook d which is secured to the leg of the stool nearest to it, \Nhen the stool is in use, the shield may be folded back against the stool, if desired, so as not to be in the way of the milker when carrying the stool.

b is a stop, generally made semicircular in form and placed upon the pail-stand B in such position that when the pail of milk is pushed under the stool and the stool lifted by the handle a it will balance the stool and enable both stool and pail to be carried together safely.

WVhat I claim as my invention is 1. In a milking-stool, the combination of a stool with a pail-holder at one end and a shield located on the side of the pail-holder next the cows leg, substantially as described.

2. In a milking-stool, the combination of a stool with a pail-holder atone end, a shield located on the side of the pail-holder next the cows leg, and a leg-shield at right angles to the pail-shield and located at the point where the pail-shield joins the stool, substantially as described.

3. In a milking-stool, the combination of a stoolwith a pail-holder at one end, and a shield located on the side of the pail-holder next to the cows leg, and a stop on the pail-stand to determine the position of the pailwhen pushed beneath the handle,substantially as described.

WHEELER M. MADDEN.

Witnesses:

MARGARET TURNER, IDA LINTHICUM. 

